merism
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/ˈmɛrɪz(ə)m/
Definition of merism
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A reference to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low".
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noun
- (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A reference to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low".
- (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A reference to something by a list of its parts.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek μερισμός (merismós). Compare μέρος (méros, “part”).
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